Throwback Thursday - 1945

Looking back, 1945 was a sobering season, although at the time, it was much celebrated. There was no football played in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II, so a football season was a return to normalcy. Consider that LaSalle stopped playing football after 1941 due to the war and the program didn't resume until 1997. For West Chester, the 1945 season didn't start until mid-October and consisted of only four games. A 12-0 shutout win at Haverford was followed by a 6-6 tie against Delaware. It's the last game ever played between the two schools in West Chester, although Delaware does not formally recognize the 1945 season. The final two games were a 6-0 win over Drexel and a 12-7 win over Swarthmore.

A view of campus in 1946. The Old Library on the left, Philips Memorial in the lower Right, Ruby Jones above that, and Wayne Field, home of West Chester football, in the upper left corner.